Out of the Silent Planet (song)

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"Out of the Silent Planet"

Single by Iron Maiden
from the album Brave New World
B-side(s)	"Wasted Years" (live) "Aces High" (live) "Out of the Silent Planet" (video)
Released	October 23, 2000
Recorded	1999/2000
Genre	Heavy metal
Length	14:41
Label	EMI
Writer(s)	Janick Gers, Bruce Dickinson, Steve Harris
Chart positions
#20
Iron Maiden singles chronology
"The Wicker Man" (2000)	"Out of the Silent Planet" (2000)	"Run to the Hills (live)" (2002)

"Out of the Silent Planet" is a single from the Iron Maiden album Brave New World, released in 2000. The single features two live tracks from the 1999 Ed Hunter tour, which featured the band reunited with guitarist Adrian Smith and vocalist Bruce Dickinson, as well as the promotional video for "Out of the Silent Planet.". Cover art was by Mark Wilkinson. While it is often thought to be based on the C.S. Lewis novel of the same name name for similarities in theme, interviews with band members have shown that the song was primarily influenced by the science fiction movie Forbidden Planet, although it is likely that the Lewis novel did provide some inspiration.

That's a fairly straightforward romp through sci-fi territory and a sort of 'Run To The Hills' revisited vibe. Certainly by halfway through the song 'cos I certainly wanted to get into the old gallop bit from the get go and Steve was like "Let's not give it to 'em straight away". It's based on the sci-fi classic The Forbidden Planet which is monsters from the id and this is basically monsters from the id. Again that was the inspiration for it anyway, a bunch of aliens who have destroyed their planet and now they've left their silent planet and they're coming to get us.

—Bruce Dickinson, maidenfans.com

[edit] Track listing

"Out Of The Silent Planet" (Janick Gers, Bruce Dickinson, Steve Harris) – 4:10
"Wasted Years" (live) (Adrian Smith) – 5:07
"Aces High" (live) (Steve Harris) – 5:24
"Out Of The Silent Planet (video)" (Steve Harris) – 4:10

[edit] Credits

Bruce Dickinson – vocals
Dave Murray – guitar
Janick Gers – guitar, backing vocals
Adrian Smith – guitar, backing vocals
Steve Harris – bass guitar, backing vocals
Nicko McBrain – drums

Discography
Iron Maiden
Bruce Dickinson \| Dave Murray \| Janick Gers \| Adrian Smith \| Steve Harris \| Nicko McBrain
List of past and present Iron Maiden members
Studio albums: Iron Maiden \| Killers \| The Number of the Beast \| Piece of Mind \| Powerslave \| Somewhere in Time \| Seventh Son of a Seventh Son \| No Prayer for the Dying \| Fear of the Dark \| The X Factor \| Virtual XI \| Brave New World \| Dance of Death \| A Matter of Life and Death
Live albums: Live After Death \| A Real Live One \| A Real Dead One \| Live at Donington \| A Real Live Dead One \| Rock in Rio \| The BBC Archives \| Beast Over Hammersmith \| Death on the Road
Compilations and box-sets: The First Ten Years \| Best of the Beast \| Ed Hunter \| Edward the Great \| Eddie's Archive \| Best of the B'Sides \| The Essential Iron Maiden
Videos and DVDs: Live at the Rainbow \| Video Pieces \| Behind the Iron Curtain \| Live After Death \| 12 Wasted Years \| Maiden England \| The First Ten Years: The Videos \| From There to Eternity \| Donington Live 1992 \| Raising Hell \| Classic Albums: The Number of the Beast \| Rock in Rio \| Visions of the Beast \| The Early Days \| Death on the Road
EPs: The Soundhouse Tapes \| Live!! +one \| Maiden Japan \| No More Lies
Singles
"Running Free" \| "Sanctuary" \| "Women in Uniform" \| "Twilight Zone" \| "Purgatory" \| "Run to the Hills" \| "The Number of the Beast" \| "Flight of Icarus" \| "The Trooper" \| "2 Minutes to Midnight" \| "Aces High" \| "Running Free (live)" \| "Run to the Hills (live '85)" \| "Wasted Years" \| "Stranger in a Strange Land" \| "Can I Play with Madness" \| "The Evil That Men Do" \| "The Clairvoyant (live)" \| "Infinite Dreams" \| "Holy Smoke" \| "Bring Your Daughter...To the Slaughter" \| "Be Quick or Be Dead" \| "From Here to Eternity" \| "Wasting Love" \| "Fear of the Dark (live)" \| "Hallowed Be Thy Name (live)" \| "Man on the Edge" \| "Lord of the Flies" \| "Virus" \| "The Angel and the Gambler" \| "Futureal" \| "The Wicker Man" \| "Out of the Silent Planet" \| "Run to the Hills (live '01)" \| "Wildest Dreams" \| "Rainmaker" \| "The Number of the Beast (2005)" \| "The Trooper (live)" \| "The Reincarnation of Benjamin Breeg" \| "Different World"
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